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Please fix the Polygon Lasso Tool!!! The tool should ONLY close the path on a DOUBLE click! I have a seperate mouse button set for double click so I can work quickly in Photoshop, but the last 3 Revi=sions to Photoshop have made it IMPOSSABLE to work quickly with the Polygon Lasso Tool. It NOW takes me HOURS to do the same selections I have been doing for the last 20 (yes 20 years). I have been using PhotoShop since 1990 and this IS the worst. I have to wait .5 of a second or more between clicks to keep it from AUTO closing and ruining 5 minutes of hand selection. NONE and I have tried them ALL that Adobe says is the latest and greatest work for auto selection. I know some of the auto select tools work for some of the people, but WHY DID YOU BREAK the Polygon Lasso Tool for those that need it. There are no adjustments that I can find to change the sensitivity in the prefrences.

hi all,   Can anyone tell how to resolve this issue? I am using Mac and the Photoshop version is 26.4.1   Thank you very much.   From Jerry  

I want to draw layered rectangular shape layers in the image, similar to a brick effect, but I don't know how to accomplish this. The image below was manually pieced together. I hope to control the number of brick columns using variables Thank you all for your help

 Bonjour je n'arrive pas a modifier mon CTRL + z je voudrais que ça fasse un retour en arrière et pas fermé la pageSi quelqu'un peu m'aider je suis perdue 

Greetings,Is this a bug or not a feature?There seems to be no way to do a select all Artboards in the Layer window using shift+click. I've found that I can ctrl/cmd+click on each Artboard name in the graphics area one by one or I can ctrl/cmd+click on each Artboard in the Layer window, and I can then change the Artboard background simultaneously to transparent (or the same color), but if I try a shift+click on the top and bottom Artboards it Layer window, PS treats this as some type "select everything" and not just a "select all" Artboards, so the Properties window just goes blank, where the Artboard background color box was when individually picking an Artboard or ctrl/cmd+clicking on each Artboard. Thanks for any help on this.

Hello Community, I'm curious about Photoshop's randomization capabilities. I'm looking to batch edit a group of photos using a Photoshop action, and within that action, use filters in the Filter Gallery. Is there a way to randomize the parameter values used in a Filter gallery filter? I've done some research and it looks like the best way to do this would be through the use of a script. Is anyone aware of a Photoshop script that can randomize filter parameters? I've looked within this forum and other places online for days and have been unable to find anything like this. I'm completely new to scripting so any help at all is greatly appreciated 🙂 

Is there a solution to have Lightroom or Bridge (using Adobe Camera Raw) perform Adobe Super Resolution 2x upscale directly to TIFF format? The way it works now, when I use "Enhance 2x," the files don't appear upscaled when I load them into other editors, Topaz programs, XnView, and others. It unnecessarily complicates my workflow to have to enhance to DNG and then convert that DNG to TIFF in Adobe Bridge to get the upscaled image. Thanks

In Photoshop 2025, the option "Use legacy New document interface" is greyed out, but when I reset preferences it goes back to normal and I can tick the option. Even I select it and press ok, my interface is still old one, and it's bugging sometimes, takes a 10-20 secs to open it. I tried everything, from reseting preferences to downgrading on old versions and I don't know what to do anymore. It's also happening in my Illustrator 2025. Please help, It's really frustrating. Btw I'm using Win11

I recently updated to Photoshop 26.4.1 on Windows 10, and I've noticed that I can no longer create a gradient mask that fades out completely to full transparency. Even when I set the black point of the gradient mask to RGB(0, 0, 0), the layer doesn't fade out as expected and it still remains partially visible.I've double-checked that my gradient is set to black-to-white, and I've tried different blending modes and opacity settings, but nothing seems to fully fade the masked area. Has anyone else encountered this issue, or is there a setting I might be overlooking? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!  

I tried to apply layer style effect that is bevel effect on two different text layers but when I change some bevel setting on one text layer it changes on other text layer as well

Hi all!  I really dig this collage style. Does anyone know which overlay/filter must be used? Tried a lot but cant make it nearly as cool. Thanks in advance. Cheers, Stef

Hello,  My laptop is too old (10+ years old) to run the latest Photoshop. So I found an old Photoshop CS5 installer on internet archive and can use it for free (since it's so old). I have tested it before and it's completely safe and virus free. Nothing bad happened to my computer. I don't have the intention of pirating anything. And yes I did try other free and open source alternative like Gimp, Krita, Clipstudio, Photopea, Affinity Photo, etc, but Photoshop has the best tools and settings that would work for me. Just asking to make sure since Adobe is against cracked software. 

What is the Tap Select tool on the iPad?

I do a lot of digitial illustration with lots of brushes, all neatly organized in folders. For the past six months or so I've noticed that a brush I am using will, seemingly at random, move out from it's designtated folder down to the bottom of my entire brush library. So I'll go to select a new brush (by right clicking while using the brush tool to bring up the library) and discover the brush I'm currently using is now is at the bottom of the list. Then I have to drag it back up and find the place in the folder where I had placed it originally. Is it possible there is a shortcut for "Send brush to end of library" that I'm accidentally hitting? or is this a weird bug? Any help would be greatyl appreciated, because it's maddening. Most up to date photoshop, Mac OS.

Hi I edited raw image & saved to tiff.  I had experience black horizontal line across the image.  Sometimes it appeared & I had to redo again.(MacOS Sonoma 14.4.1) Please help  

I have a very high end new computer I just got done building... I9 3.2ghz processor. nvidia GeForce 4070 ti gpu64 gb ddr5 ram dual 2 TB gen 5 SSD'son board intel uh700 graphics (not assigned to photoshop)win. 11 pro newest version of Adobe photoshop installed as of march 8. I believe 26.4 is the version. this thing is a rocket ship. I do a lot of graphics, video and audio production and this thing is flawless and stupid fast. The ONLY issue I have is with photoshop. Whenever I try to open a .jpg file, I get "can not open this file due to a program error.' i tried all of the self helps. Uninstall, reinstall. Deleted remnants in registry to make sure all traces were gone. Disabled high end video card and disabled on board video to test both. Did all of the suggested fixes from photoshop themselves. Tried 4 different past versions. Like I said, I did everything. brand new nvidia driver as of march 7. . Went as far as uninstalling windows and reinstalling it.

Has anyone encountered this issue before?Previously, when using the Pen Tool to create a path and input text, the text would follow the path correctly. However, I’m now experiencing a misalignment—please see the attached screenshot for reference.Has there been a change in settings, or is there a workaround to resolve this?Appreciate any insights!

"Could not parse the file contents as a data set. There were not enough variable names in the first line of the text file." I have tried using google sheets to generate my CSV, I've done it through excel, I've deleted the initial sheet in excel and pasted the contents into a new sheet as values, I have tried using text files with commas and nothing has worked. It appears that this issue is rampant on the internet and I don't understand why a reasonable fix hasn't been made to variables. My data is setup correctly and it doesn't work no matter what I try. TextVariable1TextVariable2TextVariable3TextVariable4PixelVariable11234C:\Users\willi\OneDrive\Documents\Amazon KDP\Complete_Puzzles_Solutions\Solution0.png I originally had each header as a nongeneric name, but ended up trying the generic names. There are 34 rows and each are formatted like the above. I have tried switching the UTF settings as well. I'm stuck.

Hello everyone, is there a way to delete the last smart filter from a smart object via script?  🙂

Una vez hechos algunos cambios en la impresora, por cuestiones de inyectores y cabezales, meme encuentro que los grises y negros tien una cierta tonalidad magenta, que no acabo de encontrar su origen. Por eso me pregunto si estará en el menú de Photoshop. Por ejemplo, "Coincidir colores de impresión", que he marcado, no sé cómo influye en esta cuestión. U otros como "Gamma". Hacía tiempo que no usaba la impresora, pero creo que "perceptual" era lo que marcaba, no "colorimétrico relativo". La impresora es una Epson de inyección de tinta XP-8600. En ajustes de impresión, el tipo de papel asignado es correcto y he marcado "escala de grises" no "color".Gracias anticipadas.

Hi I hope someone can help me. I have zero knowledge with JS. I'm trying to batch update 6 smart objects using JJMack's JS. The actions of the script is working as expected, however it shows an error "Error: General Photoshop error occurred. This functionality may not be available in this version of Photoshop. - <no additional information available>: on line 578" preventing me to save the PSD file.What I tried:1.) I matched the new smart objects' dimensions and ppi to the old smart objects.2.) Tried using PSD files as replacement smart objects.3.) Using the script on old PS version V22.2Here is the script from JJMack that I'm using. And the screenshot of the error is attached. Appreciate any help from anyone. thank you /* ========================================================== // 2010 John J. McAssey (JJMack) // ======================================================= */ // This script is supplied as is. It is provided as freeware. // The author accepts no liability

(Pshop 25.12.1, OS Ventura 13.4.1) I noticed that the little flyout/pop-up palette for the Fill & Stroke feature accessed at the top of my work window does not open in front of the document I'm working on (see pic). Isn't this wrong? Shouldn't the pop-up palettes always open in front of an open document, so I don't have to move the open document out of the way to access the palette? 

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing function Get-UniqueColorCount {param ([string]$ImagePath) if (-Not (Test-Path $ImagePath)) {Write-Host "File not found: $ImagePath"return} $bitmap = [System.Drawing.Bitmap]::FromFile($ImagePath)$colors = @{} for ($x = 0; $x -lt $bitmap.Width; $x++) {for ($y = 0; $y -lt $bitmap.Height; $y++) {$color = $bitmap.GetPixel($x, $y).ToArgb()$colors[$color] = $true}} $bitmap.Dispose()Write-Host "Unique colors in '$ImagePath': $($colors.Count)"} # Example usage:Get-UniqueColorCount "C:\path\to\your\image.jpg"  

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I bought  Lenovo Legion 7i laptop with i9 and 32GB of fast ram, top of the line gaming, fastest processor, fast ram. But when I do my standard phoshop tests like "time to open" or "speed_test.atn" it is way slow, twice as slow as my 2 year old desktop with older components.   Why is that?  I think its becasue of heat, that they cant put components that can use the high transfer rate and processing power of photoshop without creating too much heat.  And there is no way to tell how a laptop is put together, or how exactly the companents perform with photoshiop, without buying it.  The numbers/specs mean nothng. Anybody have a laptop that opens photoshop in 5 seconds? thank you . . .